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What is particularly noteworthy about the losses seen on Thursday and Friday is that they came in the face of a US Dollar that was falling not rising and also in the midst of a rally in Emerging Market currencies. The JPM EM FX index of global EM FX has been falling...
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For all the talk of an emerging bear market in equities of late, and for whatever reason, European and US equities have reversed in size which started shortly after I posted early yesterday morning, led by tech stocks. After testing three month highs, the VIX index is...
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The mild risk off tone continued yesterday with both equities lower (S&P500 -0.4%, Euro Stoxx -0.3%), and Bond Yields lower (USTs -3.9bps, Bunds -21bps), while the VIX crept higher but is still at a low 12.91. Economic data certainly does not support the risk off...
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Caution remains the main theme in markets with equities softer on both sides of the Atlantic weighed down by the energy and materials sectors amid softer oil and metal prices. Ahead of US CPI this afternoon the US Dollar and longer dated US Treasury yields are lower...
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Frankfurt is the town and the great and the good of the global central banking fraternity will be the doing the talking later today at an ECB sponsored conference on Central Bank Communication. Yellen, Draghi, Carney and Kuroda are among those scheduled to talk. The...
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A somewhat bitty, non-descript market on Friday with asset markets not all marching to the same tune. The approach of Monday’s US Vets. Day holiday looks to have contributed to the malaise. The main feature was US Treasury yields pushing higher, back testing 2.40%....
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